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March 7, 2009
2009 Worlds Links and News
The official website of the 2009 World Short Track Championships, held this year in Vienna, AUT. Plenty of photos are available on the site.
AP | Hamelin, Wang win 500 titles at short track worlds
Ron Judd's Olympics Blog | Celski gets a win -- and beats his hero -- in Vienna
Seattle Times | Short track: Celski places 3rd, Ohno is 4th in race at worlds
J.R. Celski of Federal Way and Apolo Ohno of Seattle skate at the short-track worlds Friday in Vienna, Austria.
Wow! This was on the front page of Saturday's Washington Post... not connected to Worlds, but still relevant:
Washington Post | Speedskater Finds Career Where He Least Expected
Agonized at hearing the U.S. national anthem seven years ago, Kim now wants to ensure it is played. He aspires to create a U.S. Olympic champion in the Washington suburbs.On many Friday nights, he brings a half-dozen or more skaters home with him, cooks them a Korean specialty for dinner, then allows them to sleep on mattresses arranged throughout his house so they can make it to Saturday's 6:30 a.m. practice session. He shuttles the entire crew in a large van.
South Korean Kim Dong-Sung, whose bid for gold ended with disqualification at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, directs 6-year-old Jonathan So at the Potomac Speedskating Club. (By John Mcdonnell -- The Washington Post)
Speedskating Canada | Charles Hamelin Takes 500m World Champion Title Back
Speedskating Canada | Canadians Break the Ice at World Short Track Championships
AP | Believe it! Reutter has another impressive season
Universal Sports | Ohno returns to the Worlds, seeks another title
Reuters | Ohno chooses skating over Hollywood, for now
Posted by noelle at 6:20 PM | Comments (0)
2009 World Short Track Championships
Just getting caught up on results - my how this season has flown by!! Congats to JR Celski on his 1500m bronze medal on Friday in Vienna! Get complete results
Day 2 Results
Men's 500m A final
1. HAMELIN Charles CAN 41.680
2. KWAK Yoon-Gy KOR 41.739
3. JEAN Olivier CAN 41.855
4. TREMBLAY Francois-Louis CAN 42.164
DQ HAN Jialiang CHN
Women's 500m A final
1. WANG Meng CHN 43.182
2. LIU Qiuhong CHN 43.358
3. GREGG Jessica CAN 43.437
4. ZHOU Yang CHN 44.098
Day 1 Results
Men's 1500m A final
1. LEE Ho-Suk KOR 2:20.967
2. KWAK Yoon-Gy KOR 2:21.078
3. CELSKI J.R. USA 2:21.133
4. OHNO Apolo Anton USA 2:21.321
5. SUI Bao Ku CHN 2:21.338
6. TAKAMIDO Yuzo JPN 2:22.187
7. SIMON Jeff USA 2:43.489
DQ SUNG Si-Bak KOR
Women's 1500m A final
1. KIM Min-Jung KOR 2:21.432
2. ZHOU Yang CHN 2:21.935
3. SHIN Sae-Bom KOR 2:22.012
4. REUTTER Katherine USA 2:34.815
5. LIU Qiuhong CHN 2:42.269
DQ JUNG Eun-Ju KOR
DQ WANG Meng CHN
Posted by noelle at 6:05 PM | Comments (0)